It's Tesco not Tescos

Scanlas The 2nd · 09-09-2011 12:41PM #1

Why do people refer to Tesco as Tescos? Why throw on an extra s?

number10a · 09-09-2011 12:42PM

Loads of English people do it, so I assume over here it's mainly either people who lived in England/are English/watch far too much English TV.

Nothing can be as bad as hearing people call Lidl Lie-del. :mad:

jonnyfingers · 09-09-2011 12:42PM

Tesco's a great supermarket.

Azureus · 09-09-2011 12:43PM

Tempted to sing Billie Piper songs, but Id only irritate myself.

Because we want to: who cares?

listermint · 09-09-2011 12:43PM

Why Scanlas and not Scanla ???

weiland79 · 09-09-2011 12:43PM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Why do people refer to Tesco as Tescos? Why throw on an extra s?

Yawn!

Lemsiper · 09-09-2011 12:44PM

Because you're a Brown Windsor.

Andromeda_111 · 09-09-2011 12:44PM

A bit like Euro, Euros......silly really

Scanlas The 2nd · 09-09-2011 12:46PM

weiland79 wrote: »

Yawn!

Waddle on then.

Snakeblood · 09-09-2011 12:46PM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Why do people refer to Tesco as Tescos? Why throw on an extra s?

Take it up with Bob Tesco.

Shane-KornSpace · 09-09-2011 12:46PM

Also, it's not Santy Claus! It's Santa!!

MagicSean · 09-09-2011 12:47PM

It's a form of passive aggressive revolution.

Dun · 09-09-2011 12:47PM

I think nearly everybody - well, at least everybody I've heard talking about it - call it "Easons" rather than "Eason", no complaints for that one I'd reckon.

kfallon · 09-09-2011 12:48PM

Jaysus if that's all you have to be worrying about you must have some life OP!

Most of us have more important things to be concerning ourselves with like do I take this dump in work or bake it for another 45 mins and have it in the luxury of my own jax where I can push, pant and fart how I please without having to worry about putting anybody else off their sphincter relaxtions and contractions :pac:

Duggy747 · 09-09-2011 12:49PM

TESCOS

:pac:

Hurricane-Dean · 09-09-2011 12:52PM

Shane-KornSpace wrote: »

Also, it's not Santy Claus! It's Santa!!

It's actually Santa Claus, or more preferably Saint Nicholas

number10a · 09-09-2011 12:52PM

Dun wrote: »

I think nearly everybody - well, at least everybody I've heard talking about it - call it "Easons" rather than "Eason", no complaints for that one I'd reckon.

Well that's a surname so I suppose it's a bit different. They've even given into it themselves on their web address. It's easons.com - though probably because eason.com was already taken. :rolleyes:

chopperbyrne · 09-09-2011 12:54PM

Dun wrote: »

I think nearly everybody - well, at least everybody I've heard talking about it - call it "Easons" rather than "Eason", no complaints for that one I'd reckon.

That annoys me just as much as the Tesco one.

Stench Blossoms · 09-09-2011 12:54PM

Because Mary worked in Tescosssss

The J Stands for Jay · 09-09-2011 01:01PM

kfallon wrote: »

Jaysus if that's all you have to be worrying about you must have some life OP!

Most of us have more important things to be concerning ourselves with like do I take this dump in work or bake it for another 45 mins and have it in the luxury of my own jax where I can push, pant and fart how I please without having to worry about putting anybody else off their sphincter relaxtions and contractions :pac:

In these recessionary times, all dumps should be taken in the office

J. Marston · 09-09-2011 01:02PM

I say Tescos.

chin_grin · 09-09-2011 01:03PM

Same thing irks me about "Easons". It's Eason.

therecklessone · 09-09-2011 01:04PM

Tescos, Aldis, Lidls, Dunness, Superquinns, Supervalus, Centras.

GavRedKing · 09-09-2011 01:04PM

ATM machine?

stovelid · 09-09-2011 01:08PM

It's something I've never really thought about.

With good reason.

Dangerous Man · 09-09-2011 01:09PM

kfallon wrote: »

Jaysus if that's all you have to be worrying about you must have some life OP!

Most of us have more important things to be concerning ourselves with like do I take this dump in work or bake it for another 45 mins and have it in the luxury of my own jax where I can push, pant and fart how I please without having to worry about putting anybody else off their sphincter relaxtions and contractions :pac:

Finally - someone is willing to talk about this. Cubicles these days are awful things - made of particleboard, gaps in-between the door and frame. Shoddy and certainly not conducive to dropping the kids off. It's a disgrace Joe.

mikemac · 09-09-2011 01:10PM

number10a wrote: »

Nothing can be as bad as hearing people call Lidl Lie-del. :mad:

Educate us so
What is the correct way?

Chuck Stone · 09-09-2011 01:12PM

Pratt.

Maurice Pratt insisited that an 's' be put at the end of Tescos in Oireland when he sold the Quinnsworths chain to the Tescos family some time back.

jonnyfingers · 09-09-2011 01:12PM

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Finally - someone is willing to talk about this. Cubicles these days are awful things - made of particleboard, gaps in-between the door and frame. Shoddy and certainly not conducive to dropping the kids off. It's a disgrace Joe.

I agree. I was just in the US and every cubicle door had about an inch of a gap all around it. Anyone could look in. Not good if you're a nervous pooer.

darkmaster2 · 09-09-2011 01:13PM

im not german so I call it lie-del. and will continue to do so.

some days I will call it liddle

tough titties. hehe

mikemac wrote: »

number10a wrote: »

Nothing can be as bad as hearing people call Lidl Lie-del. :mad:

Educate us so
What is the correct way?

hooradiation · 09-09-2011 01:13PM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Why do people refer to Tesco as Tescos? Why throw on an extra s?

Because it's actually "Tesco's" as in "the store that is owned by Tesco" but we have no way to pronounce the apostrophe and then that carries over into the written word.

It's not difficult.

It's Tesco not Tescos

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